mindmap root((工商)) business may be an inclusive term but specifically designates the activities of those engaged in the purchase or sale of commodities or in related financial transactions: the ~ section of the newspaper. commerce, trade implies the exchange and transportation of commodities especially on a large scale: full power to regulate interstate ~; seek ways to increase foreign ~. industry applies to the producing of commodities, especially by manufacturing or processing: ~ has overtaken agriculture in the South. traffic applies to the operation and functioning of public carriers of goods and persons: ~ managers have rediscovered the railroads; or to the activities of those engaged in the exchange of commodities: ~ in contraband goods.